25 July 2003: Soarin' set to go? According to some Epcot cast, they are being internally told that construction will begin in August 2003 on a clone of DCA's very successful Soarin' attraction. Current information suggests that the attraction will be built in-between The Land and Imagination, and using Food Rocks as the preshow/queue area. The entry to the attraction would be from inside The Land. Opening date is set for 2005. Remember this information has not been officially announced yet, and as always is subject to change. 12 February 2003: Update Further to the info below, there is very recent news to indicate that there remains a core of 3 projects for Epcot's rehab.
The budgets are around the $100 million mark for each, with the Spaceship Earth project having the largest of the three. Opening dates remain around late 2006. The likelihood of the above opening, will depend to some extent on the success of Mission Space opening this year. 26 September 2002: Project Gemini Update Project Gemini now has the backing of Michael Eisner and Paul Pressler, and budgets have been assigned, they are healthy. The concept of the project is a mass rebranding of Epcot, to inject the excitement back that the park once had. The much rumored splitting of the park into 2 separate gates appears to be unlikely at this stage. The grand reopening of the park is set to be December 2006, however parts of the new project will open before that time. Two signature attractions for the new Epcot are a Soarin' Over attraction from DCA, and another ETicket attraction based on a rework of Spaceship Earth. 18 September 2002: Project Gemini The budget that was assigned to planning the 5th gate at WDW, has no been diverted to rescuing Epcot from an attendance slide. Rehabs and new attractions are on the cards. The project has the rather appropriate name of "Project Gemini".
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